Stud for clasps



`(N0 Model.) v H. KERNGOOD. STUD PoR CLASPS No. 543,831. Pateted oct. 29,- 1895.

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HERMAN KERNGOOD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

STUD FOR CLASPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,831, dated October 29, 1895. Application filed August 15, 1895. Serial No. 559,335. (N0 model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN KERNeooD, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Studs for Olasps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention has reference to fastening devices used on garments, such as waistband-fasteners, corset-clasps, glove-fasteners, and clasps for pocket-books and the like, and has special reference to the stud used in connection with such fastening devices; and it consists in certain improvements in construction, which willl be fully disclosed in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure l represents a perspective of a blank used in constructing my improved stud; Fig. 2, alike view of the blank bent into form for assembling the parts of the stud; Fig. 3, a like view of two of the blanks in position to be secured together with the cap o1' shell to form the head of the stud above them; Fig. 4, a like view of the completed article; Fig. 5, a verticals'ection of the same, and Fig. 6 a like view showing the stud attached to a piece of fabric.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters thereon, A indicates the blank made from sheet metal, and is provided with abody a, which forms the shank of the stud when completed, and is cut away at b b on each side, leaving a neck c, the lower part of the body terminating in a part CZ, which when bent at a right angle to the part a, forms a flange e, which forms one-half of the base of the stud, and which base rests upon the material to which the stud is attached, and in the body a is cut an incision which extends into the part d and forms a prong or spurf, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4. It will be observed that the prong extends well up into the body a to provide length of the prong in bending it laterally to secure the stud to the fabric or other material, and that when the flange e is formed by bending the part d of the upper part of the body a a V-shaped opening g is formed in the flange, into which the fabric h is pressed by the prongf, as shown in Fig. 6.

The blank A. having been formed, it is then bent into the form shown in Fig. 2, the neck c and the part d being in parallel planes and the prongf in the plane of the body a and eX- teuding beyond or below the flange or base e of the stud. Two of the blanks thus bent are then assembled in the position shown in Fig. 3, and a cap z', also of sheet metal, is placed over the laterally-extending necks c and se-l cured thereto in any suitable manner, as under pressure in a dieor by soldering, and forms the head 7c of the stud, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

In applying the stud to fabric or other meterial the prongs f are pushed through the fabric and the prongs spread laterally and the fabric pressed up from the under side of the base e of the stud into the V-shaped openings g in the base, thus firmly and securely attaching the stud to the fabric.

In bending the prongs f laterally and pressing them upward to crowd the fabric into the openings g in the base e the prongs are designed to be separated laterally above the base to provide additional length to the prong when the stud is attached to thick material.

The stud is secured to the article ou which it is used by a suitable implement resembling the character of implements employed for attaching buttons to shoes. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. A blank for a stud comprising a body, a flange or semi-base having an opening therein and a prong integral with the body, the flange being at a right angle to the body and the prong in the plane of the body.

2. A stud provided with a flange or base and prongs all integral with the ,body of the stud, the base having openings on opposite sides of the body and the base.

prongs integral with the body of the stud and the prongs extending above and below the base. Y

4. A stud provided with a laterally extendpron gs extending below the.

9 3. A stud provided with a flange `or base and .a

ing and perforate flange or base and prongs In testimony whereof I afx my signature all integral with the body of the stud, the in presence of tWo Witnesses. prongs being out out of the base, 'extending below the base and adapted. to be separated HERMAN KERNGOOD. 5 laterally in opposite directions and press the Vtitnesses:

material to which the stud is attached into D. C. REINOHL,

the perforatons in the base. W. PARKER REINOHL. 

